By Ozodinukwe Okenwa
The gubernatorial
election in Edo State has come and gone (last weekend) with the victor and the
vanquished emerging. The incumbent Governor of the state, Godwin Obaseki, of
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) polled 307,955 votes across the 18 local
government areas of the state to defeat the All Progressives Congress
(APC) candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu who scored 223,619 votes according to
the figures announced by the INEC’s Returning Officer, Prof Akpofure
Rim-Rukeh.
The Edo guber poll was not only controversial and acrimonious but
dramatically suspenseful all along leading to the Sept. 19 D-Day. Many things
were at stake prior to the polls: godfatherism, ego, political survival and
prostitution etc. The election was made even more pessimistically
interesting given the political figures involved and the issues bothering on
superiority complex involved as well.
While Governor Obaseki remains the greatest beneficiary of the guber
battle the overall loser happens more to be Comrade Adams Oshiomhole
than Pastor Ize-Iyamu. The former Governor of the state and fallen
National Chairman of the ruling APC had taken the Edo poll as a 'war', one he
waged with relentless determination and desperation as if his entire political
life depended on it.
But in a way his political life and future depended to a large extent on
the final outcome – one that has become disafavourably a source of nightmare
and depression. The victory of the PDP represented a huge blow to the Comrade's
huge ego and psyche. But it was not surprising given the circumstances.
There was no better way of demystifying a vindictive man.
*Okenwa is a commentator on public issues
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